Hypotrophic Roots of the Upper Central Incisors -a Proposed New Discrete Dental Trait

• Ngā kaituhi matua: Claudia Cunha (Author), Ana Maria Silva (Author), Joel Irish (Author), G. Richard Scott (Author), Tiago Tomé (Author), José Marquez (Author)
• Hōputu: Pukapuka
• I whakaputaina: Dental Anthropology Association, 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Ngā marau: article
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This paper describes a newly defined nonmetric trait in the human dentition, i.e., Hypotrophic Roots of the Upper Central Incisors (HRUCI). Teeth presenting HRUCI are characterized by abnormally short roots whose crowns exhibit no apparent morphological alterations. The trait was observed in six sam...